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I haven’t posted any Ukraine/Russia war news for a while. Here is some, I hope this is not too long. Every video or photo mentioned is viewable by non-Telegram members.
May 24:
FSB operation: a traitor was captured in Rostov-on-Don - a defense-industrial complex design engineer who transmitted data about defense enterprises and the deployment of the RF Armed Forces to military intelligence of Ukraine
A criminal case was opened against the detainee under the article “on treason.”
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FSB operation: a traitor was captured in Rostov-on-Don - a defense-industrial complex design engineer who transmitted data about defense enterprises and the deployment of the RF Armed Forces to military intelligence of Ukraine
A criminal case was opened against the detainee under the article “on treason.”
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According to Rybar, early in the morning, the enemy, using unmanned sea drones, tried to attack the reconnaissance ship of the Black Sea Fleet “Ivan Khurs” in the southern part of the Black Sea (40 miles from the Bosphorus Strait).
The sailors repulsed the attack, the ship received no damage.
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[Poland is being very stupid]
Warsaw is preparing for an armed coup in Belarus and participation in its support by military means, said the former Deputy Minister of Defense of Poland Skrzypczak
“We need to be ready to support those troops who will conduct an operation against Lukashenka. We have reasons to help them, as we help Ukrainians ,” the general said.
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Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny received a head injury and shrapnel wounds as a result of a Russian missile attack on a command post near Kherson in early May, a source in law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti [He’s not heading the military any more….]
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Photo:
The Russian army defeated the “Safari” special forces with one blow
▪️The National Police of Ukraine unexpectedly announced the real numbers of large losses of the special regiment “Safari”: 23 policemen, including 19 officers of the special forces “KORD”, were liquidated in the Zaporozhye region.
▪️The militants were destroyed by a missile strike by the Russian army a year ago, on May 22, 2022, but the real numbers of losses were still hidden.
▪️The number of crippled people is still hidden.
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In Bakhmut direction
My source in Konstantinovka said that the movement of the military has intensified through the settlement over the past few days:
▪️ Georgians (I think they mean mercenaries) with equipment are being transferred in the direction of Bakhmut himself
▪️ more personnel and equipment arrive and are deployed in the vicinity of Konstantinovka
At the same time, about five days ago, a source wrote to me that the military, on the contrary, was leaving the city. Moreover, the quote, “ faster than usual .”
There are three options here: the enemy began to actively prepare for defense, or vice versa, he wants to increase pressure on Bakhmut’s flanks, or it’s just a rotation. In general, all options are equally likely.
But the main thing is that the enemy apparently does not intend to freeze the front in this direction. Although so far all combat activity has been reduced mainly to artillery duels.
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If arms supplies were cut off, “the end of Ukraine would come tomorrow” - German Defense Minister
▪️ Answering the question of Bundestag deputy Robert Farle why the German authorities are not making efforts to peacefully resolve the war in Ukraine, Boris Pistorius replied:
▪️ “If we stopped deliveries of weapons to Ukraine today, the end of Ukraine would come tomorrow. You want to accept this, but we do not want to do this.”
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At night, the Russian military repelled the attack of Ukrainian drones on Sevastopol - Governor Razvozhaev
The forces of the Black Sea Fleet shot down two Ukrainian UAVs that tried to attack Sevastopol tonight. Also, several more drones were jammed and planted by electronic warfare, Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev said.
“No objects in the city were damaged. All services continue to monitor the situation,” Razvozhaev stressed.
The day before, Ukrainian maritime drones tried to attack a ship in the Black Sea on the territory of the grain deal corridor. The crew of the ship “Ivan Khurs” destroyed the drones with precise strikes.
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The FSB prevented terrorist attacks on nuclear power facilities in the Russian Federation, which were prepared by the Ukrainian special services.
The suspects have already been detained, and their accomplices have also been identified. During the detention, they seized 36.5 kg of plastid, which is used for American C-4 explosives, 61 detonators, 38 electronic timers and two PM pistols with cartridges.
According to the FSB, on the eve of May 9, a sabotage and terrorist group of IEDs of Ukraine planned to undermine more than 30 pylons of high-voltage power lines of the Leningrad and Kalinin nuclear power plants. If successful, this would lead to a shutdown of nuclear reactors, disruption of the nuclear power plant. The terrorists managed to blow up one and mine four pillars of the power lines of the Leningrad NPP and lay IEDs under seven pillars of the Kalinin NPP, the security service added.
It is known that in order to carry out terrorist attacks, the attackers crossed the Russian border in the Pskov region. The explosives were smuggled to Russia, using a freight channel from the Polish city of Chelm to Lithuania, and then to Belarus. As a result, explosives were delivered to the Rzhevsky district of the Tver region. The cache for explosives was equipped in a cargo trailer.
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May 25::
PMC “Wagner” began the withdrawal of units from Artyomovsk (Bakhmut)
Positions will be handed over to Russian defence ministry
PMC “Wagner” will go for a rest and won’t return to assault operations before june 30th
Russia and Belarus signed a document on the deployment of non-strategic nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus. From Russia, Minister of Defense Shoigu signed, from Belarus - Minister of Defense Khrenin.
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Photo of graveyard of Ukrainian soldiers:
“Bakhmut will teach” - The Wall Street Journal reports that against the backdrop of heavy losses among the professional military, Kiev sent untrained newly mobilized soldiers to the Bakhmut meat grinder.
So, the publication writes about a group of mobilized poor without combat experience from the Kharkov region. According to the documents and photographs cited by the newspaper, at the base where they were taken, the mobilized were given Soviet-era weapons and uniforms, and two days later they were taken to Konstantinovka, located near Bakhmut.
A couple of days later, the foreman of the company arrived and said that he had an order to send people to Bakhmut in groups of six people. At an attempt to refuse to carry out such an order, the mobilized responded that “Bakhmut will teach.”
During the 36 hours of subsequent fighting, this group of 16 people lost 11 killed and captured.
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Video anyone can watch:
Footage of the signing of an agreement on the deployment of Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus.
On the territory of the republic, Iskander-M and Su-25 will become platforms for the use of nuclear weapons.
And remember how a few years ago there was a lot of whining that the Old Man does not open Russian military bases on the territory of Belarus. And now a joint Russian-Belarusian military group is deployed on the territory of the republic, as well as nuclear weapons are deployed on a permanent basis.
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The Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant has significantly increased the production of tank diesel engines - the production volume exceeded the USSR Cold War period by 12% , said Uralvagonzavod, which includes ChTZ.
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Ukrainian officials are undecided as to whether their publicized counter-offensive has begun or not yet.
So, adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak, on the air of the Italian TV channel Rai 1, said that it turns out that the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is already underway and even continues for several days .
However, just half a day later, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Igor Zhovkva, already in an interview with Bloomberg, said that the counter-offensive is still being prepared , and it will begin only when Ukraine receives all the necessary weapons.
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Germany today officially entered into recession, which is recognized by the authorities.
Less than 1.5 years after the start of the SMO, the former leader of the European economy fell first into stagnation and then into recession. In fact, the recession in Germany began even earlier, just the manipulation of statistics allowed for some time to pretend that this was just stagnation.
Meanwhile, the Russian Federation, even according to the forecasts of Western structures, is expected to grow by 2-3% already in 2024, with all the sanctions already imposed against Russia, which hit hard not even Russia, but Europe, which, of course, is in the interests of the United States. But we certainly will not grieve over European suffering. Merkel’s legacy has been squandered at a record pace.
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Video:
The enemy posted a video of the attack on the reconnaissance ship “Ivan Khurs” in the Black Sea. One of the drones came close to the stern of the ship, but there is no video of the explosion - the broadcast ends a couple of seconds before. There are also bursts from the work of machine guns fired at attacking drones.
The Russian Defense Ministry previously reported the destruction of attacking drones and the absence of damage to the ship.
One way or another, the ship will return to Sevastopol or Novorossiysk, it will be seen there.
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Video:
Preparations for the transfer to Ukraine of the corpses of foreign mercenaries - one American and one Turk. In the ruins of the house, where the corpse of the destroyed Turkish mercenary was found, there was a corpse of a Turkish citizen who was with him. The house was blown up by the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the retreat.
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Ukraine’s strategic goal of regaining all lost territories does not look militarily achievable in the short term - US Chief of Staff Milley [NO KIDDING!!!]
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Video:
Footage of air strikes by Su-34 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces on objects of Ukrainian formations in the Kherson region using glide bombs.
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Photo and video:
It is reported that the Russian military destroyed the dam of the Karlovka reservoir.
This dam was one of the supply routes for the grouping of Ukrainian troops west of Donetsk.
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Video:
The militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are shocked as the Russian missilemen with an accurate blow destroyed the supply route of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - the dam of the Karlovka reservoir,
The Ukrainian military came running immediately after the explosion and are discussing the state of emergency with emotion.